the fox news. >> thank you so much for starting your day with us. we do begin with a massive winter storm that is p pounding the northeast right now. it is the same storm system that has claimed at least 12 lives down south and knocked out power to half a million people. the snow and ice making roads in raleigh, north carolina, treacherous. one fire catching fire. >> nearly 4500 flights are canceled. that number is sure to go up. we have live coverage from the south to the north. maria, what can we expect today? >> today is going to be a very tough day. travel not recommended for so many people along parts of the east coast as the storm system continues to make its way northward. i want to mention some snow totals we have already seen.

in lancaster south carolina they have seen 8 inches of snow at least already. 9 inches of snow in virginia and as far as the ice accumulation it has been very significant across parts of the southeast. aiken, south carolina picking up three quarters of an inch of ice. that is why we have so many power outages in the northeast. the storm system is moving north. in dc we have seen heavy snowfall rates. we are expecting 1-2 inches an hour from dc and also northern parts of virginia all of the way up to the new york city area. it will be a very tough go early this morning out here. we are expecting the snow inches to accumulate. otherwise ice storm warnings in effect nor georgia and north carolina because we have potential to see the ice accumulating and you can see

widespread winter storm warnings from north carolina into parts of new england. how much additional snowfall will we see? not much through the northeast. in the carol lane gnduring duri carolinas 6 -- 6-12 inches in the corridor of boston. >> we will check back with you for sure. hundreds of thousands of people waking up without power in the south. jonathan continues our live coverage in atlanta. jonathan, were they more prepared this time around? >> yeah, it seems that way. they are asking them to stay off the roads for one more day. that should help the gridlock we saw two weeks ago.

in the raleigh durham area it was eerily reminiscent. conditions began to deteriorate and many got stuck in traffic. it has been weighing down the tree limps. heavy gusts have been causing branchs to fall on power lines. 208,000 homes are currently without electricity in georgia. the dot has been clearing roadways. a tree fell on a house injuring an 85-year-old woman inside. >> covered with insulation and sheetrock from the ceiling where the tree fell down through the roof. >> the woman was take tone the hospital but is expected to be okay. >> jonathan surrey, thank you. thousands of lights are already canceled. doug luzader picked up that

coverage at reagan international airport. good morning, doug. >> good morning. this is the time of day most airports get cranking. look around this place is just about empty. one group of stranded travelers, we will tell you about them in a moment. they are urging people to stay home and call the airlines first and verify the flight is getting out before they head out to any of the airports. this obviously is not just impacting airports in the region but really around the country because of that ripple effect. you have equipment stranded right along passengers and for those passengers all they can do is wrap things out. >> a lot of people may be waiting until friday if not beyond if they try to play catchup. we mentioned travelers down

there. prior to 10:00 a.m. this morning even that is ify. it is one cancellation after another. >> it can be so frustrating. but safety first. >> thank you so much. doug luzader live for us in dc. over night in afghanistan freeing 65 dangerous taliban detainees despite repeated warnings from the military. hamid karzai said there was not enough information to charge them. >> two u.s. service members killed and four wounded during an attack using african security force uniforms. it is the latest in a string of incidents where afghan troops turned their weapons on supposed allies. four afghans involved in the attack were killed in the ensuing battle.

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exchanges. that means the government will have to bail them out otherwise. they will go into a huge loss as a result of older and sicker being insured and reimbursed and younger and healthier not being there. >> in the state of the union president obama vowed to push his policies with or without congress, but americans are saying, not so fast, mr. president. brand new fox news polls show that 74 percent of people think the president using executive orders to get around congress is not how things are supposed to work in our country. asked president obama on how he is doing improving the economy. 24 percent give the president an f. just 9 percent give him an a. am his average a c minus. >> two skiers who survive add deadly avalanche in oregon are in in the mountains. they spent the night on the ski slope after limited visibility

res limited rescue efforts. two other skiers were skilled in the same avalanche on tuesday. >> thrill seekers were trapped on a roller-coaster. the ride came to a halt during a thunderstorm in tampa bay. 16 people were stuck for more than an hour while the rain was pouring down and thunder was roaring. they got everyone down safely eventually. no word on what caused the ride to malfunction. >> captain is hanging up his pinstrip pinstripes. new york yankees derek jeter announcing the 2014 season will be his last. the 39-year-old 13 time all star and five time world series champions had a spent his entire career in new york. ye jeter has 3,360 career hits and career batting average of 312. he led the league in hits in 2012 but was limited to only 17 games last season due to injury

ry. we wish him well. sid caesar, economcomic legend died. >> how about the pudding. will you take a naz illy? >> what are you doing? >> born in 1922 caesar is known as a pioneer of sketch comedy. it worked during the 50's on your show of shows and caesar's hour tlurs him into hour. younger generations may know caesar as coach calhoun in grease. he helped launch the careers of mel rhiner karl brooks and helped pave the way for so many comedians. he wanted to be remembered for bringing laughter. sid caesar was 91. he did that. mega merger in the works for the world of television. we have that story and other top business news this morning. the $45 billion comcast deal

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hard. michael how are conditions down there? i am sure lots of snow days as well. >> oh, lots and lots of snow days. the good news is the snow has topped now we are dealing with freezing rain and also heavy winds. yesterday in win stom, salem, we received about five inches of snow. it is really thick here. but the concern with the freezing rain now turns to the ice. the police department urging drivers to stay off of the roads. the primary roads have been worked by crews salted but now they are freezing over. not only do we have 5 inches and higher amounts of snow in places but we are dealing with ice on the roads and potential for power outages on the drive up from winston salem. we saw at least a dozen cars pulled off to the side of the road. really unable to move. win sten salem police say as far as the secondary roads neighborhood roads they are impassable. crews have their work out cut out for them. >> bundle up and stay inside.

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a moment ago we had a car with we're we'll drive trying oh get out of the snow. we are expecting 8 inches of snow today. all of dc is shut down today in the tri-state area maryland declared a state of emergency along with virginia, the federal government closed for business including schools and they are really trying to do whatever they can. this is one of the biggest snowstorms they have seen in a while here in the nation's capital. heather back to you. thank you so much. we appreciate it. try to stay warm. sounds still icy a woman who fell to her death from a base

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>> a fox news alert half of our country crippled by another enormous storm. streets are so slick enamel lances are needing help g-- ambs are having a hard time getting around. mother nature is just getting

started. team coverage just seconds away. >> on the juice squeezing by behind bars on a liquid diet. why he is refusing to eat, and it has nothing to do with his weight. >> speaking of food an excuse to order a pizza while you are stuck at home during a storm. why it is actually good for you. ♪ >> really appropriate song to get your day going. good morning, it is thursday february 13th. welcome to "fox & friends first". i am heather childers. >> i am ainsley earhardt. if you are in the middle of the storm it is downhill for the weekend. we have the massive storm right

now. >> it is the same storm system that claimed at least 12 lives in the south. it knocked out power to more than half a million people. >> the snow and the ice making the roads extremely treacherous. an ambulance rushing to the hospital with a patient on board who got stuck on the ice. neighbors had to clear a path with their shoes and with dust pans. >> and fliers all across the country stranded as more than 4500 flights are canceled. that number surely will rise. we have live team coverage for you from the south to the north. >> so let's begin with maria molina live outside of our manhattan studio. what can we all expect today? >> we are expecting more snow, more freezing rain and more sleet all along parts of the east coast. here in new york city we are really seeing the snow picking up and we are expecting snowfall rates to be as high as 1 to 2 inches ter hour. there's something else i want to point out along parts of the east coast. it is a very heavy type of snow.

for people who have to shovel, you really need to be safe out there, keep this in mind try not to do too much work if you feel tired head back indoors. very heavy. very slushy type of snow due to the temperatures we have so close to the freezing mark. relatively warm for snow. otherwise the snow totals i want to show you some of these they are incredible. in lancaster, south carolina 8 inches of snow. 9 inches already reported in virginia and you can see other parts of north carolina like in charlotte 5.5 inches of snow. we have snow in parts of northern georgia and the atlanta area all of the way up to the new york city area. this is a widespread storm system. that storm coming down heavy as well across parts of maryland and northern virginia we are seeing snowfall rates there as well at 1-2 inches per hour. the radar along the coast including philadelphia,

including new york city up through boston because the storm system is tracking so close to the coast we are going to be seeing a bit of a mix. we are going to see a transition from snow over to sleet, even to freezing rain and eventually plain rain and then it will transition back to snow as the colder air wraps around in the backside of the system. take a look at 6:00 a.m. friday the snow coming down heavily across portions of new england. believe it or not this is saturday 3:00 p.m. there will be another quick moving clipper system clipping the northeast. not a lot of snow expected but another round of snow ice storm warnings in effect georgia, south carolina widespread winter storm warnings in effect and the winds another big issue. we could see gusts to 35 miles per hour. widespread 6-12 anywhere from virginia to parts of new england. >> covering the entire east coast it looks like. thank you, maria. >> hundreds of thousands of people waking up without power

down south. jonathan surrey continues our live could have raj from atlanta. jonathan, were you all prepared down there this time? >> much more prepared than the last storm two weeks ago. take a look at atlanta downtown connector ordinarily it would be crowded with rush hour traffic. very few vehicles on the road. most people heeding the warnings and staying at home. georgia managed to keep its roads clear for the most part. there were serious traffic problems in north carolina. many were stranded along the highways. power outages all through out the region. here in georgia we are told # 210,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity. ainsley, back to you. thank you, jonathan.

>> travelers going nowhere fast this morning thousands of flights are already canceled. doug luzader takes up our coverage there. they were telling people to strstay home before you make the trip to the airport. we heard one travel agent telling a group nothing is getting out of this airport until 10:00 a.m. and even that it is very optimistic. this is a story being repeated through out the region. that has a ripple effect on the rest of the country. for passengers this is tough because they don't know when their flights are going to go whether they can get rebooked and for them they have to be

patient. >> i am camped out with my carry on pieces. i could be here until friday. i don't want to, though. >> when you look live at the tarmac you see the plows moving. they have an army of plows and salt trucks as we saw drive in here trying to get the runways clear. it will be sometime before we have things back up to capacity here. thank you. >> overnight afghanistan freeing 65 dangerous taliban detainees despite repeated warnings from the u.s. military. president hamid karzai ordering their release insisting there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute them. the prisoners said to be laughing and smiling as they were boarding the bus to leave the facility. >> oy jifsifr -- o.j. simpson i suffering from severe depression and said quote i used to live my way now i am going to die my

way. he is facing kidnapping and assault charges. he is eligible for parole in three years. he announces what he calls an historic class action lawsuit against the president and other officials over nsa spying. they allege the agency's sweeping collection is violation which prohibits unseasonable search and seizure. the plaintiff wants the court to shut down the program and to purge all data held by the nsa. >> the class could include any one who has a cell phone or any one who has a land line. it is virtually any one in the united states. that el straights the problem is that a single warrant shouldn't apply to so many people. >> paul says he expects the lawsuit to go to the supreme

court. the white house declined to comment. >> while majority of americans give president obama a passing grade on the economy new fox news polls indicate the voters are pes miss stick over the future. 58 percent say the worst is yet to come. that is up from 52 percent in 2013 and the highest since 2009. the job ratings hold steady this month. 42 percent of voters approve and 53 percent disapprove. >> 3.3 million signing up since october 1st. these new numbers don't indicate how many people have paid their premiums. the administration calling the new numbers encouraging. the goal of 7 million by the end of march and that is still ill cluesive. young people for obamacare signing up is even more difficult. it is shutting down for

maintenance on national youth enrollment day. national enrollment day was supposed to be a day designed to make up for the slow youth enrollment. >> a land slide in oregon sinen several massive boulders in 1984 causing a car crash and lane closures. one polled boulder the size of two-cars crushing the top of one car. the boulders slid across the eastbound lanes of the river pushing the concrete center barrier on to the west side of the highway. no word when the road will reopen. we can tell you no one was hurt. to massachusetts a student finds himself in a situation straight out of the movie "a christmas story." >> a middle schooler got his tongue stuck to a medal pole

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♪ >> who says teachers can't be cool? >> these administrators at durham academy wrapping their school closure to "ice ice baby" complete with the olympic sweater in if the background there. >> tens of thousands are without power in pennsylvania. this nasty storm is about to make it worse. we are live in with the latest. good morning, dawn. >> good morning, heather. this is our 11th storm of the week. this snowstorm is falling here in downingtown about midnight. it is really piling up. you can see the school buses in the background. they are not going anywhere. all schools are closed today as

are government offices. we have five inches of snow already. it is falling faster than the plows can clear these roads. the problem is that in the past storms plows have been able to get through on the main roads. it is the side roads that are covered. >> chester county where i am experienced terrible power outages as you mentioned. the koworry is the thick heavy snow is going to cause more outages. it is adding insult in injury. we are getting as much as 12-14 maybe 6 inches of snow before it is said and done later today. it will be a snowy day with treacherous travel. back to you. >> dangerous stuff. >> ritchie incognito accusing

martin of lying about the scandal. >> dr. martin the truth is going to bury you and the entire camp. you could have told the truth the entire time. i am guilty of being a loyal friend and good teammate. i apologize for my poor language and rood remarks. i have never denied it. no comment from martin. the nfl expected to release a report soon on the bullying scandal. >> you could call it a major academic spoof. mit accidentally sent out e-mails telling students they were accepted but they weren't. the university says the mistake came when e-mail lists were combined. it is not clear how many were released. final decisions will be released in march. >> need an excuse to dig into pizza? it might be good for you and protect you from the norovirus. oregano which is a nerve used in

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♪ ♪ while half of the united states is dealing with another enormous snowstorm, that's the scene in sochi, russia. yes. people are, they're out on the beach where the winter olympics are taking place. much different scene than here in the northeast at least. in florida cops are on the hunt for a man who led police on a wild high-speed chase through daytona beach. it ended with the driver slamming into a power pole, jumping out of the car and running off. it started when 20-year-old james simmons pulled out a gun at a mcdonald's drive-through. he was apparently upset about something to do with his order. a woman in his car gave

herself up and has not been charged. he spent eight months guarding taliban prisoners in afghanistan but one hour after returning home to her family specialist gaddy's backpack was stolen. priceless mementos were taken from the bed of her parents' pickup truck while they ate at a welcome home dinner. >> kind of a slap in the face after what i've been through the last year for him or her, whoever this was that decided to help themselves to my belongings. >> gatti says she called police and the local pawnshop and she hopes getting the word out might help her find her backpack. try to help her out if you can. >> rihanna's bank account hasn't always been shining brightly. ♪ in new legal documents the

singer is claiming she was effectively bankrupt back in 2009 because of bad advice from her accountant. she says she had $11 million in the beginning of that year and $2 million when it all ended but she has rebounded nicely with a current net worth of about $43 million. >> not too bad of a rebound there. >> do you believe in love at first sight? the new movie "winter's tale" tells the love story of two people who instantly fall for each other despite their very different lifestyles. for more, we're stepping into the fox light with michael tammero. michael, tell us about this movie. when does it come out and colin ferrell is in it? >> what we need in the middle of sonomagedon, a story called "winter's tale."

colin ferrell plays a thief who great lakes into an heiress's home and falls in love with her. it also stars russell crowe. the red carpet premiere was the other night at the zeinfeld theater and we asked colin ferrell what would make a romantic valentine's day? >> being with someone you love. a lot of it is a commercial holiday. it makes people reach out to each other more than they normally do. >> he was always so great to catch up with on the red carpet. i saw the movie last n.i.h. it is good enough. -- last night. it is good enough. it is an 800 page book. the director wrote beautiful mind, wrote the screenplay after the death of his wife. there is a lot to this.

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a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. a soldier surprises his five-year-old son in connecticut after being deployed in afghanistan for nearly a year. the u.s. army sergeant served in the u.s. military police of the u.s. army since april 2013. >> now the bad. one man in canada taking base jumping to a new level. >> three, two, one!

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